Our Solar System contains tens of thousands of potentially dangerous asteroids that could wipe out an entire city, or worse.

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NASA is floating a notional mission that would send three astronauts to a near-Earth asteroid using SpaceX hardware, and the ...

Asteroid Bennu was expected to be relatively smooth and easy to sample. When OSIRIS-REx arrived, it found a surface covered ...

On Dec. 13, 2012, a Chinese spacecraft flew by the asteroid Toutatis. [‘On This Day in Space’ Video Series on Space.com] ...

To enjoy the Geminid show, bundle up and venture away from city lights, which can drown out fireballs. The meteor shower will ...

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The discovery of the building blocks of life from an extra-terrestrial object sparked excitement and discussion among prominent astronomers on 'X', who brought up Fermi's paradox.

The near-Earth asteroid Eros will pass by the galaxy Andromeda this evening. The rare event will be streamed live.

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If an asteroid is on a collision course with the moon, what should humanity do? Try to nudge the space rock out of the way before it strikes? Obliterate it with a nuclear explosion? Those are the ...

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